But the march was was emblematic of a flurry of protests across the nation
focusing on post-election worries about the economy and civil rights as president-elect Donald Trump approaches his inauguration.

For Sanchez, a Mexican immigrant who came to the United States as a toddler and received a two-year temporary reprieve from deportation under a 2012 Obama executive order called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the protest was a way to engage civically and show solidarity for those fighting for civil rights.

But like other protesters across the nation, marchers at the Phoenix event expressed different worries and concerns about the future.

Mark Harbse, 59, worried about socio-economic impacts of a Trump presidency on middle-to-low income workers.